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A 68-year-old Three Rivers man was sentenced to a year in jail for his role in the 2020 traffic-related crash of his girlfriend.
Richard Sanford was sentenced last week by St. Joseph County Circuit Court Judge Paul Stutesman.
The sentence stemmed from the January 2020 incident in which Kathleen Wexler, 69, was a passenger in the vehicle Sanford was driving on snow-covered roads in Florence Township. Sanford was driving east on Banker Street when he lost control of his Ford Explorer. It left the roadway, struck several trees and eventually overturned.
Wexler was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sanford had earlier pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license, causing death, Stutesman said.
